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FHIR Value set/code system definition for HL7 v2 table 0487 ( Specimen Type)
{
"resourceType": "ValueSet",
"id": "v2-0487",
"meta": {
"profile": [
"http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/valueset-shareable-definition"
]
},
"text": {
"status": "additional",
"div": "<div>!-- Snipped for Brevity --></div>"
},
"url": "http://hl7.org/fhir/v2/vs/0487",
"version": "2.7",
"name": "v2 Specimen Type",
"publisher": "HL7, Inc",
"contact": [
{
"telecom": [
{
"system": "url",
"value": "http://hl7.org"
}
]
}
],
"description": "FHIR Value set/code system definition for HL7 v2 table 0487 ( Specimen Type)",
"status": "active",
"experimental": true,
"date": "2011-01-28",
"define": {
"system": "http://hl7.org/fhir/v2/0487",
"caseSensitive": true,
"concept": [
{
"extension": [
{
"url": "http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/valueset-deprecated",
"valueBoolean": true
}
],
"code": "...",
"display": "No suggested values"
},
{
"code": "ABS",
"display": "Abscess"
},
{
"code": "ACNE",
"display": "Tissue, Acne"
},
{
"code": "ACNFLD",
"display": "Fluid, Acne"
},
{
"code": "AIRS",
"display": "Air Sample"
},
{
"code": "ALL",
"display": "Allograft"
},
{
"code": "AMP",
"display": "Amputation"
},
{
"code": "ANGI",
"display": "Catheter Tip, Angio"
},
{
"code": "ARTC",
"display": "Catheter Tip, Arterial"
},
{
"code": "ASERU",
"display": "Serum, Acute"
},
{
"code": "ASP",
"display": "Aspirate"
},
{
"code": "ATTE",
"display": "Environment, Attest"
},
{
"code": "AUTOA",
"display": "Environmental, Autoclave Ampule"
},
{
"code": "AUTOC",
"display": "Environmental, Autoclave Capsule"
},
{
"code": "AUTP",
"display": "Autopsy"
},
{
"code": "BBL",
"display": "Blood bag"
},
{
"code": "BCYST",
"display": "Cyst, Baker's"
},
{
"code": "BITE",
"display": "Bite"
},
{
"code": "BLEB",
"display": "Bleb"
},
{
"code": "BLIST",
"display": "Blister"
},
{
"code": "BOIL",
"display": "Boil"
},
{
"code": "BON",
"display": "Bone"
},
{
"extension": [
{
"url": "http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/valueset-deprecated",
"valueBoolean": true
}
],
"code": "BONE",
"display": "Bone"
},
{
"code": "BOWL",
"display": "Bowel contents"
},
{
"code": "BPU",
"display": "Blood product unit"
},
{
"code": "BRN",
"display": "Burn"
},
{
"code": "BRSH",
"display": "Brush"
},
{
"code": "BRTH",
"display": "Breath (use EXHLD)"
},
{
"code": "BRUS",
"display": "Brushing"
},
{
"code": "BUB",
"display": "Bubo"
},
{
"code": "BULLA",
"display": "Bulla/Bullae"
},
{
"code": "BX",
"display": "Biopsy"
},
{
"code": "CALC",
"display": "Calculus (=Stone)"
},
{
"code": "CARBU",
"display": "Carbuncle"
},
{
"code": "CAT",
"display": "Catheter"
},
{
"code": "CBITE",
"display": "Bite, Cat"
},
{
"code": "CLIPP",
"display": "Clippings"
},
{
"code": "CNJT",
"display": "Conjunctiva"
},
{
"code": "COL",
"display": "Colostrum"
},
{
"code": "CONE",
"display": "Biospy, Cone"
},
{
"code": "CSCR",
"display": "Scratch, Cat"
},
{
"code": "CSERU",
"display": "Serum, Convalescent"
},
{
"code": "CSITE",
"display": "Catheter Insertion Site"
},
{
"code": "CSMY",
"display": "Fluid, Cystostomy Tube"
},
{
"code": "CST",
"display": "Fluid, Cyst"
},
{
"code": "CSVR",
"display": "Blood, Cell Saver"
},
{
"code": "CTP",
"display": "Catheter tip"
},
{
"code": "CVPS",
"display": "Site, CVP"
},
{
"code": "CVPT",
"display": "Catheter Tip, CVP"
},
{
"code": "CYN",
"display": "Nodule, Cystic"
},
{
"code": "CYST",
"display": "Cyst"
},
{
"code": "DBITE",
"display": "Bite, Dog"
},
{
"code": "DCS",
"display": "Sputum, Deep Cough"
},
{
"code": "DEC",
"display": "Ulcer, Decubitus"
},
{
"code": "DEION",
"display": "Environmental, Water (Deionized)"
},
{
"code": "DIA",
"display": "Dialysate"
},
{
"code": "DISCHG",
"display": "Discharge"
},
{
"code": "DIV",
"display": "Diverticulum"
},
{
"code": "DRN",
"display": "Drain"
},
{
"code": "DRNG",
"display": "Drainage, Tube"
},
{
"code": "DRNGP",
"display": "Drainage, Penrose"
},
{
"code": "EARW",
"display": "Ear wax (cerumen)"
},
{
"code": "EBRUSH",
"display": "Brush, Esophageal"
},
{
"code": "EEYE",
"display": "Environmental, Eye Wash"
},
{
"code": "EFF",
"display": "Environmental, Effluent"
},
{
"code": "EFFUS",
"display": "Effusion"
},
{
"code": "EFOD",
"display": "Environmental, Food"
},
{
"code": "EISO",
"display": "Environmental, Isolette"
},
{
"code": "ELT",
"display": "Electrode"
},
{
"code": "ENVIR",
"display": "Environmental, Unidentified Substance"
},
{
"code": "EOTH",
"display": "Environmental, Other Substance"
},
{
"code": "ESOI",
"display": "Environmental, Soil"
},
{
"code": "ESOS",
"display": "Environmental, Solution (Sterile)"
},
{
"code": "ETA",
"display": "Aspirate, Endotrach"
},
{
"code": "ETTP",
"display": "Catheter Tip, Endotracheal"
},
{
"code": "ETTUB",
"display": "Tube, Endotracheal"
},
{
"code": "EWHI",
"display": "Environmental, Whirlpool"
},
{
"code": "EXG",
"display": "Gas, exhaled (=breath)"
},
{
"code": "EXS",
"display": "Shunt, External"
},
{
"code": "EXUDTE",
"display": "Exudate"
},
{
"code": "FAW",
"display": "Environmental, Water (Well)"
},
{
"code": "FBLOOD",
"display": "Blood, Fetal"
},
{
"code": "FGA",
"display": "Fluid, Abdomen"
},
{
"code": "FIST",
"display": "Fistula"
},
{
"code": "FLD",
"display": "Fluid, Other"
},
{
"code": "FLT",
"display": "Filter"
},
{
"code": "FLU",
"display": "Fluid, Body unsp"
},
{
"code": "FLUID",
"display": "Fluid"
},
{
"code": "FOLEY",
"display": "Catheter Tip, Foley"
},
{
"code": "FRS",
"display": "Fluid, Respiratory"
},
{
"code": "FSCLP",
"display": "Scalp, Fetal"
},
{
"code": "FUR",
"display": "Furuncle"
},
{
"code": "GAS",
"display": "Gas"
},
{
"code": "GASA",
"display": "Aspirate, Gastric"
},
{
"code": "GASAN",
"display": "Antrum, Gastric"
},
{
"code": "GASBR",
"display": "Brushing, Gastric"
},
{
"code": "GASD",
"display": "Drainage, Gastric"
},
{
"code": "GAST",
"display": "Fluid/contents, Gastric"
},
{
"code": "GENV",
"display": "Genital vaginal"
},
{
"code": "GRAFT",
"display": "Graft"
},
{
"code": "GRAFTS",
"display": "Graft Site"
},
{
"code": "GRANU",
"display": "Granuloma"
},
{
"code": "GROSH",
"display": "Catheter, Groshong"
},
{
"code": "GSOL",
"display": "Solution, Gastrostomy"
},
{
"code": "GSPEC",
"display": "Biopsy, Gastric"
},
{
"code": "GT",
"display": "Tube, Gastric"
},
{
"code": "GTUBE",
"display": "Drainage Tube, Drainage (Gastrostomy)"
},
{
"code": "HBITE",
"display": "Bite, Human"
},
{
"code": "HBLUD",
"display": "Blood, Autopsy"
},
{
"code": "HEMAQ",
"display": "Catheter Tip, Hemaquit"
},
{
"code": "HEMO",
"display": "Catheter Tip, Hemovac"
},
{
"code": "HERNI",
"display": "Tissue, Herniated"
},
{
"code": "HEV",
"display": "Drain, Hemovac"
},
{
"code": "HIC",
"display": "Catheter, Hickman"
},
{
"code": "HYDC",
"display": "Fluid, Hydrocele"
},
{
"code": "IBITE",
"display": "Bite, Insect"
},
{
"code": "ICYST",
"display": "Cyst, Inclusion"
},
{
"code": "IDC",
"display": "Catheter Tip, Indwelling"
},
{
"code": "IHG",
"display": "Gas, Inhaled"
},
{
"code": "ILEO",
"display": "Drainage, Ileostomy"
},
{
"code": "ILLEG",
"display": "Source of Specimen Is Illegible"
},
{
"code": "IMP",
"display": "Implant"
},
{
"code": "INCI",
"display": "Site, Incision/Surgical"
},
{
"code": "INFIL",
"display": "Infiltrate"
},
{
"code": "INS",
"display": "Insect"
},
{
"code": "INTRD",
"display": "Catheter Tip, Introducer"
},
{
"code": "IT",
"display": "Intubation tube"
},
{
"code": "IUD",
"display": "Intrauterine Device"
},
{
"code": "IVCAT",
"display": "Catheter Tip, IV"
},
{
"code": "IVFLD",
"display": "Fluid, IV"
},
{
"code": "IVTIP",
"display": "Tubing Tip, IV"
},
{
"code": "JEJU",
"display": "Drainage, Jejunal"
},
{
"code": "JNTFLD",
"display": "Fluid, Joint"
},
{
"code": "JP",
"display": "Drainage, Jackson Pratt"
},
{
"code": "KELOI",
"display": "Lavage"
},
{
"code": "KIDFLD",
"display": "Fluid, Kidney"
},
{
"code": "LAVG",
"display": "Lavage, Bronhial"
},
{
"code": "LAVGG",
"display": "Lavage, Gastric"
},
{
"code": "LAVGP",
"display": "Lavage, Peritoneal"
},
{
"code": "LAVPG",
"display": "Lavage, Pre-Bronch"
},
{
"code": "LENS1",
"display": "Contact Lens"
},
{
"code": "LENS2",
"display": "Contact Lens Case"
},
{
"code": "LESN",
"display": "Lesion"
},
{
"code": "LIQ",
"display": "Liquid, Unspecified"
},
{
"code": "LIQO",
"display": "Liquid, Other"
},
{
"code": "LSAC",
"display": "Fluid, Lumbar Sac"
},
{
"code": "MAHUR",
"display": "Catheter Tip, Makurkour"
},
{
"code": "MASS",
"display": "Mass"
},
{
"code": "MBLD",
"display": "Blood, Menstrual"
},
{
"code": "MUCOS",
"display": "Mucosa"
},
{
"code": "MUCUS",
"display": "Mucus"
},
{
"code": "NASDR",
"display": "Drainage, Nasal"
},
{
"code": "NEDL",
"display": "Needle"
},
{
"code": "NEPH",
"display": "Site, Nephrostomy"
},
{
"code": "NGASP",
"display": "Aspirate, Nasogastric"
},
{
"code": "NGAST",
"display": "Drainage, Nasogastric"
},
{
"code": "NGS",
"display": "Site, Naso/Gastric"
},
{
"code": "NODUL",
"display": "Nodule(s)"
},
{
"code": "NSECR",
"display": "Secretion, Nasal"
},
{
"code": "ORH",
"display": "Other"
},
{
"code": "ORL",
"display": "Lesion, Oral"
},
{
"code": "OTH",
"display": "Source, Other"
},
{
"code": "PACEM",
"display": "Pacemaker"
},
{
"code": "PCFL",
"display": "Fluid, Pericardial"
},
{
"code": "PDSIT",
"display": "Site, Peritoneal Dialysis"
},
{
"code": "PDTS",
"display": "Site, Peritoneal Dialysis Tunnel"
},
{
"code": "PELVA",
"display": "Abscess, Pelvic"
},
{
"code": "PENIL",
"display": "Lesion, Penile"
},
{
"code": "PERIA",
"display": "Abscess, Perianal"
},
{
"code": "PILOC",
"display": "Cyst, Pilonidal"
},
{
"code": "PINS",
"display": "Site, Pin"
},
{
"code": "PIS",
"display": "Site, Pacemaker Insetion"
},
{
"code": "PLAN",
"display": "Plant Material"
},
{
"code": "PLAS",
"display": "Plasma"
},
{
"code": "PLB",
"display": "Plasma bag"
},
{
"code": "PLEVS",
"display": "Serum, Peak Level"
},
{
"code": "PND",
"display": "Drainage, Penile"
},
{
"code": "POL",
"display": "Polyps"
},
{
"code": "POPGS",
"display": "Graft Site, Popliteal"
},
{
"code": "POPLG",
"display": "Graft, Popliteal"
},
{
"code": "POPLV",
"display": "Site, Popliteal Vein"
},
{
"code": "PORTA",
"display": "Catheter, Porta"
},
{
"code": "PPP",
"display": "Plasma, Platelet poor"
},
{
"code": "PROST",
"display": "Prosthetic Device"
},
{
"code": "PRP",
"display": "Plasma, Platelet rich"
},
{
"code": "PSC",
"display": "Pseudocyst"
},
{
"code": "PUNCT",
"display": "Wound, Puncture"
},
{
"code": "PUS",
"display": "Pus"
},
{
"code": "PUSFR",
"display": "Pustule"
},
{
"code": "PUST",
"display": "Pus"
},
{
"code": "QC3",
"display": "Quality Control"
},
{
"code": "RANDU",
"display": "Urine, Random"
},
{
"code": "RBITE",
"display": "Bite, Reptile"
},
{
"code": "RECT",
"display": "Drainage, Rectal"
},
{
"code": "RECTA",
"display": "Abscess, Rectal"
},
{
"code": "RENALC",
"display": "Cyst, Renal"
},
{
"code": "RENC",
"display": "Fluid, Renal Cyst"
},
{
"code": "RES",
"display": "Respiratory"
},
{
"code": "SAL",
"display": "Saliva"
},
{
"code": "SCAR",
"display": "Tissue, Keloid (Scar)"
},
{
"code": "SCLV",
"display": "Catheter Tip, Subclavian"
},
{
"code": "SCROA",
"display": "Abscess, Scrotal"
},
{
"code": "SECRE",
"display": "Secretion(s)"
},
{
"code": "SER",
"display": "Serum"
},
{
"code": "SHU",
"display": "Site, Shunt"
},
{
"code": "SHUNF",
"display": "Fluid, Shunt"
},
{
"code": "SHUNT",
"display": "Shunt"
},
{
"code": "SITE",
"display": "Site"
},
{
"code": "SKBP",
"display": "Biopsy, Skin"
},
{
"code": "SKN",
"display": "Skin"
},
{
"code": "SMM",
"display": "Mass, Sub-Mandibular"
},
{
"code": "SNV",
"display": "Fluid, synovial (Joint fluid)"
},
{
"code": "SPRM",
"display": "Spermatozoa"
},
{
"code": "SPRP",
"display": "Catheter Tip, Suprapubic"
},
{
"code": "SPRPB",
"display": "Cathether Tip, Suprapubic"
},
{
"code": "SPS",
"display": "Environmental, Spore Strip"
},
{
"code": "SPT",
"display": "Sputum"
},
{
"code": "SPTC",
"display": "Sputum - coughed"
},
{
"code": "SPTT",
"display": "Sputum - tracheal aspirate"
},
{
"code": "SPUT1",
"display": "Sputum, Simulated"
},
{
"code": "SPUTIN",
"display": "Sputum, Inducted"
},
{
"code": "SPUTSP",
"display": "Sputum, Spontaneous"
},
{
"code": "STER",
"display": "Environmental, Sterrad"
},
{
"code": "STL",
"display": "Stool = Fecal"
},
{
"code": "STONE",
"display": "Stone, Kidney"
},
{
"code": "SUBMA",
"display": "Abscess, Submandibular"
},
{
"code": "SUBMX",
"display": "Abscess, Submaxillary"
},
{
"code": "SUMP",
"display": "Drainage, Sump"
},
{
"code": "SUP",
"display": "Suprapubic Tap"
},
{
"code": "SUTUR",
"display": "Suture"
},
{
"code": "SWGZ",
"display": "Catheter Tip, Swan Gantz"
},
{
"code": "TASP",
"display": "Aspirate, Tracheal"
},
{
"code": "TISS",
"display": "Tissue"
},
{
"code": "TISU",
"display": "Tissue ulcer"
},
{
"code": "TLC",
"display": "Cathether Tip, Triple Lumen"
},
{
"code": "TRAC",
"display": "Site, Tracheostomy"
},
{
"code": "TRANS",
"display": "Transudate"
},
{
"code": "TSERU",
"display": "Serum, Trough"
},
{
"code": "TSTES",
"display": "Abscess, Testicular"
},
{
"code": "TTRA",
"display": "Aspirate, Transtracheal"
},
{
"code": "TUBES",
"display": "Tubes"
},
{
"code": "TUMOR",
"display": "Tumor"
},
{
"code": "TZANC",
"display": "Smear, Tzanck"
},
{
"code": "UDENT",
"display": "Source, Unidentified"
},
{
"code": "UR",
"display": "Urine"
},
{
"code": "URC",
"display": "Urine clean catch"
},
{
"code": "URINB",
"display": "Urine, Bladder Washings"
},
{
"code": "URINC",
"display": "Urine, Catheterized"
},
{
"code": "URINM",
"display": "Urine, Midstream"
},
{
"code": "URINN",
"display": "Urine, Nephrostomy"
},
{
"code": "URINP",
"display": "Urine, Pedibag"
},
{
"code": "URT",
"display": "Urine catheter"
},
{
"code": "USCOP",
"display": "Urine, Cystoscopy"
},
{
"code": "USPEC",
"display": "Source, Unspecified"
},
{
"code": "VASTIP",
"display": "Catheter Tip, Vas"
},
{
"code": "VENT",
"display": "Catheter Tip, Ventricular"
},
{
"code": "VITF",
"display": "Vitreous Fluid"
},
{
"code": "VOM",
"display": "Vomitus"
},
{
"code": "WASH",
"display": "Wash"
},
{
"code": "WASI",
"display": "Washing, e.g. bronchial washing"
},
{
"code": "WAT",
"display": "Water"
},
{
"code": "WB",
"display": "Blood, Whole"
},
{
"code": "WEN",
"display": "Wen"
},
{
"code": "WICK",
"display": "Wick"
},
{
"code": "WND",
"display": "Wound"
},
{
"code": "WNDA",
"display": "Wound abscess"
},
{
"code": "WNDD",
"display": "Wound drainage"
},
{
"code": "WNDE",
"display": "Wound exudate"
},
{
"code": "WORM",
"display": "Worm"
},
{
"code": "WRT",
"display": "Wart"
},
{
"code": "WWA",
"display": "Environmental, Water"
},
{
"code": "WWO",
"display": "Environmental, Water (Ocean)"
},
{
"code": "WWT",
"display": "Environmental, Water (Tap)"
}
]
}
}
Usage note: every effort has been made to ensure that the examples are correct and useful, but they are not a normative part of the specification.